Young writers on the web: an exploratory study on Wattpad profiles

Abstract

This article explores the profiles of people who use Wattpad, a reading social network which includes a self-publishing section for young writers. The analysis focuses on voluntarily written interviews between platform users reflecting on the creative process and the construction of their personal reading canon. A non-experimental descriptive research has been carried out, with a total of 146 interviews with writers published in this affinity space. The results obtained provide a detailed account of the identity traits of Wattpad’s members and why they are motivated to participate in this form of literacy practice.